廊橋都知道

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道光年建的廊橋，見證了三代女人的來返與出逃；

婚姻的痛，換來了人生的自由，曙光的盡頭，迎來生死謎霧，誰才是那復仇的亡靈？

張翎中篇小說集，寫生命的痛楚，卻流露慈悲的暖光。

〈廊橋夜話〉對故鄉概念進行呈現的意願，太近了，近到令人感到窒息，會讓那些對故鄉欲言又止的人再次陷進久久的沉默。──韓浩月．專欄作家

讀〈拯救髮妻〉這個小說，你隨時會有一種心被揉碎了的感覺。──劉艷．中國社會科學院文學研究所

「人是逃不過命的。」十年出逃過三次的婆婆這麼說，出逃兩次、已成為阿貴媽的李月嬌也對著兒媳阿珠說類似的話。五進士村的人一個字就夠用了，那個字是「窮」。楊家兩代男人在這個字底下，硬是騙來了兩代媳婦，把他們忍不下的痛楚，扔給了旁不相干的外姓媳婦。到了阿貴這一代，男人卻落在了女人挖下的坑裡，還有女兒天意，成功逃出村外，還走了很遠很遠，卻也沒真正活出上一輩女人想要的人生。

一則不可思議的賣車廣告，牽起貴氣老婦人海倫，與甫移居加拿大、帶著女兒的曙藍的兩人緣分。在熾熱難耐、大停電的夜晚，一通稚嫩童音的來電，讓不同背景的兩人從猜疑防衛到坦露心事。她們各自承載著丈夫的背叛，一個帶著白朗寧手槍登門報復，一個離開故土讓彼此自由。當生人與亡靈在生活場域中混沌交錯時，種種誤解逐漸浮出水面……

兩則中篇〈廊橋夜話〉、〈拯救髮妻〉的關鍵轉折都在黑夜，五進士村沒點燈的廊橋、幾十年難得一遇大停電的國外城鎮，在夜裡行動、奔跑的女人，都在這樣的夜裡做出人生的重大抉擇。面對丈夫的欺騙與不忠，百般掙扎直面真我後，身為人母的天性總能左右她們的人生。然而擅寫女人心事的張翎，對男性被生活所激發的不得不也慈悲解意，男與女間不只是純然的欺騙，其中也有誤解與命運的捉弄。

〈廊橋夜話〉五進士村三代女性的心結，始於信任的崩塌與貧困的重碾，遂築起一道堅不可破的命運迴圈，無可逃脫；〈拯救髮妻〉以大城的名利場展開，男與女就像不同星球的人類，而有邏輯與直覺的思辯、忠誠定義理解的相悖，不虞匱乏的生活中引出的婚姻危機，直指人心，往往更為致命。兩則小說皆來自張翎現實生活中的聽聞，故事背景雖如星球的一體兩面，卻可互為對照，在作者通透的文字、生動意象的描繪下，生命皺褶裡的疼痛與不幸，更讓人感同身受。

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